. Picturesque B. and O. Historical and descriptive . ints on the road, and thecompany has large interests here, it being the center of several impor-tant departments of its management. The dining-halls along the route,as previously stated, are owned and operated by the Company ; andat the Queen City hotel are the headquarters of the superintendent,who by the way is an old New York hotel man of large experience andwell-earned popularity. Possibly no accommodations afforded by railwaylines require more careful and close attention than the dining-halls, andto manage them so that all classes of pa
. Picturesque B. and O. Historical and descriptive . ints on the road, and thecompany has large interests here, it being the center of several impor-tant departments of its management. The dining-halls along the route,as previously stated, are owned and operated by the Company ; andat the Queen City hotel are the headquarters of the superintendent,who by the way is an old New York hotel man of large experience andwell-earned popularity. Possibly no accommodations afforded by railwaylines require more careful and close attention than the dining-halls, andto manage them so that all classes of passengers are gratified is somethingto be ])roud of. The sagacious course of the company in placing theirdining-halls under the superintendency of a man who has learned fromexperience how to keep a hotel is demonstrated in the high reputationthey have earned. The object is not .so much to make a profit on tliemeals that are served as to insure the comfort and the pleasure of thepatrons of the road. Were the eating-houses under the control of outside. 1;>6 l>ln-i,i,i-ll,tlh IInd Dinbuj-Vars. parties they would, as a matter of course, be compelled to manage themso that they would yield an income which should be a suitable reimburse-ment for the time and labor expended in their maintenance. But in thecase of the Company this is not an absolute requirement, as the revenuederived from the increased business on the road where passengers are fullysatisfied with the attention which they receive in the matter of accommo-dations more than compensates for any lack of actual profit in the hotelsthemselves. The dining-cars, also owned and managed by the Company,may be classed in the same category, the determination being to insureperfect contentment even at the expense of the entire amount received forthe food served. The quartet tested the table at Queen City at supper-time, and the result was that Tom was notified that he need not preparebreakfast in the car. THE YOUGHIOGHENY. Early
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